Vortex Valves opens office in Switzerland

Salina, Kansas, USA based Vortex Valves International appointed Oliver Küng as the new sales manager of Vortex Valves GmbH for its new Swiss office.

Küng will oversee Vortex’s new office based in Zurich, Switzerland, and will be responsible for sales development in Switzerland, France, Germany and Austria.

The office will also provide support for Vortex’s existing Italian representative, Normicom, srl.

Küng previously worked for seventeen years at Bühler AG Switzerland. Joining Bühler at the young age of 17, he was apprenticed to the Head Millwright, building equipment such as sifters, valves and mills.

He became Chief Installation Engineer for Worldwide operations before taking up the post of Sales Manager in 2006.

Küng will use his industry contacts, processing knowledge, and language skills in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese to head the Central European sales office in Switzerland.